duties and obligations and sufficient power and authority to freely investigate and look into any issue that falls within their competence The United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, represented by the International Coordination Committee and its subcommittees concerned with approvals, extend assistance in verification of the extent of compliance by the national institutions of human rights with the Paris Declarations, using a fair and transparent processes that amplify and enhance the credibility of the workings of the national institutions for promotion and protection of human rights, which institutions are regarded as watchdogs primarily concerned with strengthening and monitoring effective implementation of the international standards of human rights at the national level. 5